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Re: countable uncountable

Hello there,The idea is important, because if I spoke English in my English class but in Iran I would say two breads and I beleive it is grammatically correct in English because basically the shape of the bread and the way of using it and ordering it are different here, so if I speak English but about Iranian bread I consider it as a countable thing, and when you English friends come here you'd better say two breads too (for buying Iranian breads ).Ata,

Re: countable uncountable

Originally Posted by atabitaraf

Hello there,The idea is important, because if I spoke English in my English class but in Iran I would say two breads and I beleive it is grammatically correct in English because basically the shape of the bread and the way of using it and ordering it are different here, so if I speak English but about Iranian bread I consider it as a countable thing, and when you English friends come here you'd better say two breads too (for buying Iranian breads ).Ata,

Bread is countable in Pakistani English too. We say one bread, two breads, three breads etc to mean one loaf of bread, two loaves of bread, three loaves of bread.
It's only a difference of dialects, as far as I understand.

Re: countable uncountable

In Turkish we don't make nouns plural adding suffixes If there is a number in front of the nouns,so we say 2 bread(I know,it is nonsense in English)not 2 breads.

Of course ,these are different usages in different languages.

Excuse me Rover KE and Bhaisahab, but let me say more clearly,

All of the English rules are respectable and vital, so we should use all countable nouns in pluraralized form when they are more than one. (turkish bread is not an exception and if it is countable so should be pluralized respectless of turkish grammar)

My thread is about something else, I say the bread here we have in Iran is basically not the bread that you have in England or the United States, (its shape is different and it is totally another entity) and so we have a right to count Iranian breads.

1. a piece of bread (the bread in England)
2. some breads (the kind of different object we eat here as Iranian traditional bread, it is not like the bread you have it is countable because it is counted)

Re: countable uncountable

''All of the English rules are respectable and vital, so we should use all countable nouns in pluraralized form when they are more than one. (turkish bread is not an exception and if it is countable so should be pluralized respectless of turkish grammar)''
Atabitaraf I know all of the English rules are vital and respectable.Iknow the rules of making pluralize in English sufficient enough to be an English teacher.Just open your mind and try to understand what I mean.In TURKISH we say one bread(1 ekmek)
iki ekmek =two loaves of bread in English.(we don' t use suffix two make plural in Turkish)And BREAD is a COUNTABLE noun in Turkish.I mean as BREAD is UNCOUNTABLE in English,we CAN'T say 2 breadsalthough I talk about bread in Turkey.Because English grammar rules requires this(2 breads isn't a true usage in Englısh.)You have to say ''2 loaves of bread!

Re: countable uncountable

Originally Posted by atabitaraf

My thread is about something else, I say the bread here we have in Iran is basically not the bread that you have in England or the United States, (its shape is different and it is totally another entity) and so we have a right to count Iranian breads.

The right to count or not count bread is not determined by its nation of origin- this is a non-argument as grammar is not decided in this way. If you want to say two breads, then say it. However, be aware that most speakers of English will regard it as wrong, and you would be marked wrong in an exam. Why don't you use the name of the bread- we say two baguettes in English, for example.

BTW, there are hundreds of varieties of bread on sale in all sorts of shapes and sizes in the US and the UK.

Re: countable uncountable

Some people are saying things like, "In Iranian, Russina, Pakistani, etc we say two breads". You don't, because two breads is English (and usually unacceptable English). In your language the word for bread may be countable, but the word bread is almost always uncountable in English. When you say your word for two followed by the plural form of your word for bread , we would usually say two loaves of bread or, if appropriate two types/sorts of bread.